A Genealogical
Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692Volume #2Folsom
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By James Savage

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FOLSOM, ADAM, Hingham, perhaps elder br. of the first John, came, in
1639, from Hingham, near Norwich, Eng. Lincoln, Hist. 45. He went home, and
d. a. 1670. EPHRAIM, Exeter, s. of John the first, was k. by the Ind. 11
June 1709. Pike's Journ. *JOHN, Hingham, b. 1617, came, in the Diligent of
Ipswich 1638, with w. and two serv. He was from old Hingham, Co. Norf. s. of
Adam, wh. d. 1627; but, no doubt, derives the name from the town of
Foulsham, or Folsham, as Domesday book has it, a. 20 miles north of H. He
had m. 4 Oct. 1636, Mary, d. of Edward Gilman of old H. and had here bapt.
Samuel, 1641; John; Nathaniel, 1644; Israel, 1646; Peter, 1649; Mary, 1651;
and Ephraim, 28 Feb. 1655; was rep. 1654; sold his est. in July 1659 at H.
and Cohasset, and rem. to Exeter. His d. Mary m. 12 June 1672, George March
of Newbury; but in 1680, this aged f. with the four s. were all inhab. of E.
of wh. he was constable, and d. 27 Dec. 1681. JOHN, Exeter, s. of the
preced. m. 10 Nov. 1675, Abigail Perkins, d. of Abraham the first of
Hampton, had Mercy; was deac. and had s. of wh. Gen. Nathaniel, of the
continent. Congr. 1774, was a descend.

NATHANIEL, Rehoboth 1676, m. 9 June
1674, or 17 Mar. 1688, Hannah, d. of John Farrow. NATHANIEL, Exeter, s. of
John, took o. of alleg. 1677. PETER, Exeter, br. of the preced. m. 6 May
1678, Susanna Cousins of Wells, had Elizabeth Susanna, Mary, Benjamin,
Peter, and John. SAMUEL, Exeter, s. of the first John, m. 22 Dec. 1663,
Mary, d. of Henry Roby. Charles, H. C. 1813, and George, H. C. 1822, are
descend. of John; the elder was the accomplish. librar. formerly of the
Boston Athenaeum; and the assid. historian of Saco and Biddeford, wh. sust.
the honor of our country lately as her rep. at the Court of Holland, was the
latter. The ho. built by the first John at H. it is said, is still stand.

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FONES, JEREMIAH, Conanicut isl. in Narraganset Bay, now Jamestown,
s. of the first John, by w. Elizabeth had James, b. 1695; Jeremiah, at
Kingstown on the main, 1697; and at the island, Joseph, 1699; and Margaret,
1701. JOHN, Kingstown 1679, ment. as one of his Maj. Justices 1688, in Revo.
in N. E. Justif. He was also a capt. but I discov. his later resid. to b,
the same from his jurisdict. in Narraganset, or the king's prov. by his
will, nam. w. Margaret, eldest s. John, others, Jeremiah, and Samuel liv.
James and Daniel dec. and d. Mary, w. of James Greene of Warwick. I presume
he was the first comer of this name, perhaps was from London, left. num.
descend. and d. 20 Dec. 1703. JOHN, Kingstown, s. prob. of the preced. of
wh. I learn nothing, exc. from his will, pro. early in 1739, nam. br.
Samuel, w. Lydia, ds. Margaret Holmes, and Mary Smith, gr.s. Fones Smith,
and Fones Hazard, and cousin, i. e. neph. John Fones. SAMUEL, Kingstown, br.
of the preced. by w. Ann had Ann, b. 1689; and prob. by w. Meribah had
Samuel, b. 1702; Sarah, 1703; Margaret, 1704; Mary, 1705; John, 1706; and
Francis, 1710; and d. 1751, aged 90. FONTLEROY, JAMES, Boston, came in the
Prudence and May from London, emb. 23 May 1679, but I presume he was not a
perman. resid.

FOOTE, or FOOT, CALEB, ar. co. 1648. Farmer. I do not believe that
his name ought to be given here. It is proper to obs. that orig. rec. for
more than a hundred yrs. of that disting. comp. are lost. The copy of early
roster is comparatively too mod. to be relied on but for names of promin.
men. ISAAC, Salem, s. of Pasco, m. 2 Dec. 1668, Abigail, d. of Thomas
Jeggles, or Ingalls, for a descend. (Hon. Caleb, of Salem) has giv. ea.
name; had Isaac, b. 4 Apr. 1670, d. within 3 mos.; Abigail, 21 Nov. 1671;
Samuel, 29 Apr. 1673; Elizabeth Apr. 1675; Malachi, 11 Apr. 1680; Mary, 7
May 1682, d. young; and Mary, again, Jan. 1691. He was freem. 1678. ISAAC,
Branford, s. of Robert, m. 1709, Rebecca, d. of Abraham Dickerman, had
Jacob, b. 19 Feb. 1710; Hannah, 28 Feb. 1712; and Isaac, 16 July 1717; was a
physician, d. 11 Feb. 1758; his w. d. 15 Oct. preced. aged 77.

JOSHUA, Roxbury, cit.
and ironmong. of London, had large dealings with our peop. 1645, came in
1653, rem. soon to Providence, there d. a. 1655. In his will of 2 Oct. 1655,
under wh. admin. was giv. at Boston, 31 Oct. foll. to Joshua Hewes, to wh.
William Blaxton was witn. he gave est. to w. and ch. but does not name them,
and I presume they cont. at London. Our rec. shows that his s. was Samuel,
and a. 1650, his d. Elizabeth m. William Sheldon of London; or, at least,
the contract form. between the parties is in our books. *NATHANIEL,
Watertown, brought from Eng. w. Elizabeth and ch. Nathaniel, Elizabeth Mary,
Robert, Frances, and Sarah; had Rebecca, b. prob. at Watertown, freem. 3
Sept. 1634, rem. to Wethersfield 1636, of wh. he was rep. 1641-4, and in
this last yr. d. leav. good est. to his ch. and wid. wh. was sis. of John
Deming, and m. Thomas Welles, that afterwards was Gov. of the Col. and
outliv. him (wh. d. early in 1660), and d. 28 July 1683. She made her will
16 Aug. 1682, from the lang. of wh. we infer that her s. Robert and all the
ds. but Sarah were still liv. Elizabeth m. 1638, Josiah Churchill; Mary, m.
1642, John Stoddard, wh. d. 1664; and in 1674 she m. John Goodrich, wh. d.
Mar. 1680; and last, after her mo.'s d. she m. Lieut. Thomas Tracy of
Norwich; Frances m. 1648, John Dickinson, wh. rem. to Hadley, there d. bef.
1676, and in 1677, she m. Francis Barnard; Sarah m. 1652, Jeremiah Judson of
Stratford, and d. bef. 1678, but her mo.'s will provides for gr.ch.; Rebecca
m. 1657, Philip Smith of Wethersfield, wh. d. a. 1684; in 1688 she m. Maj.
Aaron Cooke of Northampton, as his fourth w. NATHANIEL, Wethersfield, s. of
the preced. b. in Eng. m. 1646, Elizabeth d. of Lieut. Samuel Smith, had
Nathaniel, b. 10 or 14 Jan. 1648; Samuel, 1 May 1649; Daniel, 1652; and
Elizabeth 1654; and d. 1655, aged 34. His wid. m. William Gull and outliv.
him, wh. d. 1701; d. Elizabeth m. 10 Nov. 1670, Daniel Belden.

NATHANIEL,
Hatfield, s. of the preced. m. 2 May 1672, Margaret, d. of Nathaniel Bliss
of Springfield, had Sarah, b. 1673; rem. to Springfield, had Margaret, 1
Dec. 1674; Elizabeth 23 June 1677; rem. to Stratford; thence to Branford;
and soon after to Wethersfield, where are rec. tho. not all b. there, Mary,
24 Nov. 1679; Nathaniel, 9 Sept. 1682; Ephraim, 13 Feb. 1685; Josiah, 27
Sept. 1688; Joseph, 28 Dec. 1690; and Eunice, 10 May 1694. He serv. in
Philip's war, as quartermr. was in the Falls fight under Turner, had
project. sett. at Colchester, whither the wid. and youngest four ch. rem. He
d. at W. 12 Jan. 1703; and his wid. d. at C. 3 Apr. 1745, aged 95.

NATHANIEL, Branford, eldest s. of Robert, m. Tabitha, d. of Stephen Bishop
of Guilford, had Elizabeth and Dorcas, both bapt. Mar.[[vol. 2, p. 181]]1696; Nathaniel, June 1696; Daniel, Feb. 1697; Moses, b. 13 Jan. 1702;
Abraham, bapt. June 1704, d. young; and Abigail, b. 1706; d. 1714; and his
wid. d. next yr. aged 67. PASCO, Salem 1637, when he had gr. of land, but
join. the ch. not bef. 1653, and on 6 Feb. of this yr. had John, Malachi,
Samuel, Elizabeth Mary, Isaac, Pasco, and Abigail, all bapt. together; d. 28
Nov. 1670. His will of 21 Sept. preced. pro. 30 June foll. by s. Isaac, does
not name the eldest two ch. so that we may infer that they were d. Abigail
m. 15 Oct. 1670, George Early of Salem. PASCO, Salem, s. prob. of the
preced. m. 2 Dec. 1668, Martha, d. of the first Miles Ward, had Malachi, b.
13 Sept. 1669; Martha, 14 Feb. 1671; and Pasco, 1 Sept. 1674. His w. d. and
the three ch. also, as I judge; he went to Newfoundland, thence soon to New
London, m. at Killingworth, 30 Nov. 1678, Margaret, only d. of Edward
Stallion, had Isaac, and Stallion, wh. was adopt. by the gr.f. He d. a.
1685, and his wid. m. a. 1688, James Haynes. The younger s. had s. of his
own name, but both d. early, and Isaac succeed. to the whole inherit. had
permiss. to write hims. Isaac, alias Stallion Foote. ROBERT, Branford, s. of
first Nathaniel, b. in Eng. a. 1629, had first gone from Wethersfield, where
he was freem. 1657, to New Haven, where by w. Sarah, m. 1659, he had
Nathaniel, b. 13 Apr. 1660; Sarah, 12 Feb. 1662; Elizabeth 8 Mar. 1664;
Joseph, 6 Mar. 1666; Samuel, 14 May 1668; and at B. John, 24 July 1670; and
Stephen, and Isaac, tw. 14 Dec. 1672; was lieut. d. 1681. His wid. m. 1686,
Aaron Blachley; d. Sarah m. 13 Aug. 1682, Isaac Curtis, had nine ch. and
next, m. 9 Aug. 1714, Nathaniel How, sen.; Elizabeth m. 12 Jan. 1685, John
Graves, had ten ch. d. a wid. May 1730. *SAMUEL, Amesbury, s. prob. of first
Pasco, m. 23 June 1659, Hannah, d. of Richard Currier of the same, perhaps
had sec. w. Bathsheba, wh. d. 3 Sept. 1727, is thot. to have been f. of
John; was rep. 1690, and capt. taken by the Ind. in the assault on that
town, and tort. to d. 7 July 1690. SAMUEL, Hatfield, s. of the sec.
Nathaniel, m. 1671, Mary, d. of Thomas Merrick, had Nathaniel, b. 1672;
Mary, 9 July 1674, d.young; Samuel; Mary, again, 28 Feb. 1680; Sarah, 26
Feb. 1682; Eleazur, 5 Sept. 1684; Thomas, 24 Nov. 1686; and Daniel, 6 Feb.
1689; d. 7 Sept. 1689; and his wid. d. 3 Oct. 1690. His s. Samuel was k. by
the Ind. in the onslaught at Deerfield, 29 Feb. 1704.

FORD, or FOORDE, ANDREW, Weymouth, freem. 1654, by w. Elinor, had
Samuel, b. 13 July 1656; Nathaniel, 31 Mar. 1658; Ebenezer, 18 Mar. 1660;
Silence, 13 Nov. 1661; Prudence, 22 Dec. 1663; Jacob, 20 Feb. 1666;
Elizabeth 2 Nov. 1667; Israel, 7 June 1670; and Sarah, 28 May 1672; beside,
prob. eldest, Andrew, wh. with suffix of junr. was a propr. 1673. Prudence
m. 14 June 1632, Joseph Lincoln of Hingham; Sarah m. 1702, Joseph Josselyn.
JOHN, Plymouth, one of the "first comers," with, perhaps, his wid.
mo. elder br. William, and sis. Martha, in the Fortune 1621; and his mo. had
a ch. the next night after land. at Plymouth; but perhaps it d. soon. Of her
h. wh. prob. d. in Eng. we hear not. It has been plausib. conject. that she
m. Peter Browne. She in 1624, counted four in the div. of lands; but perhaps
she went home with s. William, for in 1627, at the div. of cattle, only John
and Martha are nam. Baylies, I. 262. But tho. a suggest. has been thrown
out, that he went to Conn. it seems more likely that this first comer stood
by the old col. had w. Hannah, and d. at Marshfield 1693. JOHN, Haverhill
1670, was s.-in-law of Stephen Kent.

THOMAS, Boston, m. a. 1690, Mehitable, d. of Gamaliel
Phippen. TIMOTHY, Charlestown 1637, rem. to New Haven 1639, there d. 28 Aug.
1684. He was f. of Matthew and Samuel, beside Mary, wh. m. 20 Nov. 1662,
Nathaniel Thorpe; Bethia, m. 1671, Matthew Bellamy; and Elizabeth m. 23 Dec.
1672, Joshua Culver; and his w. whose name is not kn. d. 25 July 1681. Who
was Barbara F. that came in the Susan and Ellen 1633, aged 16, is unkn. to
me. An Elizabeth F. d. at Guilford 1673, perhaps d. of Thomas. WILLIAM,
Marshfield, s. as reasonab. is conject. of the wid. wh. came in the Fortune
1621, b. a. 1604, perhaps went home with his mo. bef. the div.[[vol. 2, p. 184]]of cattle in 1627, but came again, and was of Marshfield 1639, but in
1643 at Duxbury, had w. Ann, ch. William, b. a. 1634; Michael, bef. ment.;
Milicent, wh. m. John Carver; and Margaret; was a miller at Duxbury, and an
orig. propr. of Bridgewater, d. 28 Sept. 1676, aged 72; and his wid. d. 1
Sept. 1684. William, Marshfield, s. of the preced. m. 4 Nov. 1658, Sarah, d.
I suppose, of John Dingley, had John, b. 1659; Mar., 1662; and Josiah, 1664.
He was out on serv. in the first day of Philip's hostil. 21 June 1675; and
is said to have d. 1621, aged 88; and his wid. d. 1727, aged 78. His d.
Mercy m. 27 May 1680, Samuel Thomas. His s. John, perhaps, rem. to
Morristown, N. J. WILLIAM, Charlestown, by w. Mary had William, b. 12 Oct.
1666, d. young; and d. 1683; as is judg. by the time of the inv. 8 Feb. when
the only s. was Stephen.

FORDHAM, JOHN, Southampton, L. I. 1641, was perhaps a relat. of Rev.
Robert, and some time inhab. of Hempstead d. 1647. JOHN, Southampton, L. I.
s. prob. of Rev. Robert, m. Mary, d. of John Maltby of New Haven, d. 1683.
JOSIAH, Brookhaven, L. I. s. of Rev. Robert, preach. first a. 1662, at
Hempstead, d. 1696 by the Harv. Catal. but Mather had not marked him in
1698. He had Josiah, wh. after 1690, preach. a short time at Setauket, and
was gr.gr.f. of B. F. Thompson, Esq. the diligent histor. of that region.
ROBERT, Southampton, L. I. came, perhaps in 1640, perhaps earlier, in the
sh. with Thomas Bittlestone; was a short time at Cambridge, and, when
Lechford left us in Aug. 1641, he was in tempo. office at Sudbury; had w.
Elizabeth and ch. Hannah, wh. m. Samuel Clark, one d. m. lieut. Edward
Howell, both of Hempstead, where he preach. John, and Jonah, H. C. 1658,
both above ment., Robert, and Joseph. He may have been more at H. than at S.
his name being first in the Dutch Gov. patent for the town of Il. and he d.
Sept. 1674. Descend. are not few in that quarter.

FORMAN, or FURMAN, JOHN, and JOSIAH, Newtown, L. I. 1655. JOHN,
Newbury, Coffin says, had Abigail, b. 10 Nov. 1676; and John, 5 Oct. 1678.
SAMUEL, prob. s. of on, of the preced. had visit. L. L but was order. to go
home in June 1675, because a Quaker, as in Riker's Ann. of Newtown, 94, is
well told; but that author, in his note 399, on the deriv. of the fam. fell
into the error of making John, the first comer, freem. of Mass. 1631. Of
this name there was no freem. in Mass. and the nearest approach to it is
that of Giles Firmin 1634, or of his s. Giles 1639; but I venture to doubt
that neither was progenit. of this respectab. race. Samuel m. Mary, d. of
Samuel Wilbore of Portsmouth, R. I.

FORREST, ARCHIBALD, at Hatfield, perhaps transient. a soldier in
Philip's war 1676.

FORRETT, JAMES, agent of William, Earl of Stirling, for his patent of
L. I. was at Boston 1641. See Winthrop II. 5.

FOSSAKER, FOSSECAR, FOSSEKER, or FOSSIKER, JOHN, New London 1648,
but, after 1652, rem. was of Fairfield, there m. it is said, Elizabeth wid.
of Peter Johnson, and liv. 1656 to 1660, when he was excus. from milit.
serv; is nam. by Roger Williams in letter to John Width.; but Knowles, 243,
mistakes the bapt. name.

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